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Source: Peter Luhanga/GroundUp. An aerial view of Khayalam informal settlement in Khayelitsha beside the N2.

What Cape Town is spending on homes, roads and the N2 wall

GroundUp Staff and Peter Luhanga 25 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp/Peter Luhanga

Court blocks building along Cape Town’s Diep River floodplain

Peter Luhanga 25 Mar 2026

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R4.2bn investment drives Matjhabeng’s sanitation revival in major project handover

24 Mar 2026

Source: Supplied. Lilian Mutia from Nelson Mandela University.

Investing in innovation: RS South Africa’s new fund for engineering students

24 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

South Africa imposes steep tariffs on structural steel imports from China, Thailand

Nelson Banya 23 Mar 2026

Source: Supplied. Olebogeng Manhe, chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC).

Engineering a better tomorrow: Key insights into South Africa's construction comeback

Olebogeng Manhe 23 Mar 2026

Job cuts loom as Glencore challenges Eskom's electricity offer

Job cuts loom as Glencore challenges Eskom's electricity offer

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nqobile Dludla 23 Mar 2026

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Trailblazing climate finance deal lands Sanlam prestigious IFLR award

20 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

Cape Town affordable housing projects inch forward

Matthew Hirsch 19 Mar 2026

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Transformative potential: City Lodge Newtown’s prime location hits the auction block

18 Mar 2026

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Revitalising the CBD: Johannesburg's R769m Deeds Office project

18 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp/Masixole Feni.

Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site

Matthew Hirsch 16 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp. Bulk services work on Botmaskop Estate at Helshoogte outside Stellenbosch before an April 2025 interdict prohibited any further construction.

Judgment reserved in Stellenbosch luxury estate battle

John Yeld 16 Mar 2026

Source: Supplied. Artist's impression.

Introducing Hazel Oaks: sustainable luxury in Upper Constantia

16 Mar 2026

Africa news

A tourist rides a beach buggy in Wadi Billi, at El-Gouna near the Red Sea, Egypt, 14 November 2018. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt plans $1bn Red Sea marina, hotel development

Ahmed Elimam, Momen Saeed Atallah and Alexander Dziadosz 10 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied. The design team at the groundbreaking ceremony: Simon Herd and Alex Sagwe, Mace YMR; Justin Orina, Airtel; Rob Woffenden, FBW; Harry Eddy, Mace YMR and Mohamed Elsayed, Meinhardt.

Kenya’s tech evolution: Construction of colossal data centre underway at Tatu City

31 Dec 2025

Google backs SA with new cable hub and funding

Google backs SA with new cable hub and funding

18 Sep 2025

By PMO - Ethiopia - [1], Public Domain,

Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversial

John Mukum Mbaku 12 Sep 2025

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